1. The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion
of sound.
Ever echoing back in endless repercussion.
Hare. 2. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
3. (Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. Dunglison.
4. (Obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a
shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
Repercussive
(Re`per*cuss"ive) a. [Cf. F. répercussif.]
1. Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.
Ye repercussive rocks! repeat the sound.
W. Pattison. 2. Repellent. [Obs.] "Blood is stanched by astringent and repercussive medicines." Bacon.
3. Driven back; rebounding; reverberated. "Rages loud the repercussive roar." Thomson.
Repercussive
(Re`per*cuss"ive), n. A repellent. [Obs.] Bacon.
Repertitious
(Rep`er*ti"tious) a. [L. reperticius. See Repertory.] Found; gained by finding. [Obs.]
Répertoire
(||Ré`per`toire") (F. ra`pâr`twär"; E. rep"er*twär), n. [F. See Repertory.] A list of dramas, operas,
pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform.
Repertory
(Rep"er*to*ry) n. [L. repertorium, fr. reperire to find again; pref. re- re + parire, parere,
to bring forth, procure: cf. F. répertoire. Cf. Parent.]
1. A place in which things are disposed in an orderly manner, so that they can be easily found, as the
index of a book, a commonplace book, or the like.
2. A treasury; a magazine; a storehouse.
3. Same as Répertoire.
Reperusal
(Re`pe*rus"al) n. A second or repeated perusal.
Reperuse
(Re`pe*ruse") v. t. To peruse again. Ld. Lytton.
Repetend
(Rep`e*tend) n. [L. repetendus to be repeated, fr. repetere to repeat.] (Math.) That part of
a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: — sometimes indicated by a dot over the first
and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328 + the repetend is 283.
Repetition
(Rep`e*ti"tion) n. [L. repetitio: cf. F. répétition. See Repeat.]
1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration.
I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to tire in repetition.
Shak. 2. Recital from memory; rehearsal.
3. (Mus.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of
a note.
